4 Books including summer reading lists and award winners

"A writer only begins a book, a reader finishes it." Samuel Johnson

This summer: Read! Set a goal and read several books this summer. Use the resources listed below or go the library or bookstore and find your own.

Here are some special resources:
Reading lists for college bound students

You can also do an online search for "summer reading lists for rising sophomores." I found several schools which have excellent reading lists. For example, one site I found required students to pick five books from a list and read those books over the summer.

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Join our discussion about books you can't stop reading!
If you can't seem to find a book that you like, check out these lists from the Young Adult Services Library Association.
Captivating Books
Michael L. Printz Winners

Coretta Scott King Award Winners
Graphic novels you'll like
We encourage you to stop in the WAHS library or the James V. Brown Library where you can get many of these titles! The website links to the WAHS library and the JV Brown Library are on this page: 7 Other links we like .

Here are the requirements for the Independent Reading Project Book Review. Notice you have the opportunity to earn extra points if you record the review for the WAHS library.

You can look at the rubric for the book review and a sample professional book review from NPR:


Here is the written version of the book review we read and listened to in class.

Here is the audio of the book review we read and listened to in class.
Audio of the book review we listened to in class